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Inspector Paul Crowley, from West Mercia Police, said after the case: 'This boy's appalling behaviour has been a cause of misery for people living in the Horsefair area and those using facilities such as St George's Park.

'He has also regularly caused problems in Kidderminster town centre and has been responsible for many complaints to the police.

'Obtaining a Criminal Anti-Social Behaviour Order is not a step we have taken lightly but he has ignored all our previous efforts to address his behaviour and this is necessary to protect people from his offending.

'We intend to rigorously enforce the order and hopefully the boy now realises how serious this is and that he cannot go on like this.

The boy hurled stones at vehicles in Kidderminster and police said he caused regular problems in the town centre, pictured

'If he breaches the order he could be sent to detention for up to five years.

'Residents previously affected by this boy will be notified about the Crasbo but we are also asking anyone who knows him and sees him breaking the terms of the order to call police in Kidderminster immediately.'

The boy was given a 12-month intensive referral order incorporating anger management and victim awareness sessions along with a number of other conditions including a three-month curfew.

He will also be put on a placement to help people with learning difficulties as part of the order.

A six-month parenting order was also made against the boy's mother.

One of his neighbours said today: 'He is a little menace. People round her have even dubbed him the original Dennis the Menace.

'He might only be a young lad but he's made it his business to make everyone's lives a living hell.

'Hopefully this will put him back on the right tracks.'

Crasbo's differ from the more commonly known anti-social behaviour order because it comes on the back of a criminal conviction.

The current age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales is ten.